On Tuesday May 7th, all are invited to join Mayor Setti D. Warren for the grand opening of the Veterans Center, a first-of-its-kind center dedicated to providing a variety of services for veterans.

This family-friendly, veterans appreciation event will feature numerous attractions, including appearances by former New England Patriot and three-time Super Bowl champion Joe Andruzzi, and Patriot DL Rob Ninkovich; a Hoops for our Troops basketball challenge, and the chance to play ball with legends from the Boston Celtics; an evening of comedy featuring comedians Steve Sweeney and Rob Steen; and food and beverages courtesy of Cabots Ice Cream, WholeFoods, Darryl’s Corner Bar and Kitchen and O’Hara’s.

The evening will be emceed by Matt Siegel of KISS 108′s Matty in the Morning.

6:30-8:30 p.m.
Veterans Center
295 California Street, Newton

The 29th annual Friends of the Newton Free Library Book and Author Luncheon will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013. The authors this year are William Landay and Randy Susan Meyers.

Newton Marriott Hotel, 2345 Commonwealth Avenue at Route 128 starting with a cash bar at 11:30 a.m. with luncheon and speakers from 12 noon to 2:45 p.m.

New England Mobile Book Fair will have copies of the authors books for sale and the authors will be signing books.

The price for the luncheon is $45 per person. Sponsorships are $75 and $100. Purchase tickets online at the Newton Free Library’s website or send your check for $45 per person made payable to the Friends of the Newton Free Library to Book and Author Luncheon, PO Box 600533, Newtonville, MA 02460. Specify the names of those who will attend the event & include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Please indicate your preferences for chicken, fish, or vegetarian entree for lunch.

William Landay is the author of the New York Times bestseller Defending Jacob (set in Newton), The Strangler, a Los Angeles Times Favorite Crime Book of the Year, and Mission Flats, winner of the Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for Best First Crime Novel and a Barry Award nominee. A former district attorney who holds degrees from Yale and Boston College Law School, Landay lives in Newton, where he is at work on his next novel of suspense.

Randy Susan Meyers is the author of The Comfort of Lies (Feb 2013) and The Murderer’s Daughters (January 2010//St. Martin’s Press.) Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Randy now lives in Boston with her husband, where she teaches writing seminars for Grub Street Writer’s Center, and is the mother of two grown daughters.

The Newton Veteran’s Council is looking for any interested groups of children to participate in the city’s annual Memorial Day Parade.   A float, a marching band, a sports team, or any other kind of organized group, can march in, or otherwise participate in, the parade.

This year, the parade will be held on Sunday, May 19.  The parade typically commences at 2:00 pm and marches through Auburndale and Nonantum.  The route is about a mile in length. If you are interested, please contact Tom Shoemaker (member of the Veteran’s Council and State Commander of the American Legion), for more information at 617-244-5182.

The agenda of the next meeting of Newton’s Community Preservation Committee includes:

• historic burying grounds;
• Newton’s Capital Improvement Plan & CPA funding process;
• a discussion with with the Board of Aldermen President & Vice President; and
• Museum Archives – update on anticipated project costs & schedule

The committee will meet Thursday, 9 May, at 7 pm, in City Hall Room 222. The full pre-meeting packet will be available online beginning May 2.

The next deadline for funding requests for FY14 and FY 15 is June 1.
Projects that submit pre-proposals by this deadline can qualify to submit a full proposal next fall for either fy14 or fy15 funding. Full instructions & read-only forms are online under ‘Guidelines & Forms.’
To request a proposal form or for help in adapting the form for your project, contact Alice Ingerson by phone at 617.529.9337 or by email.